The participants of 4th RRPG Workshop and Meeting after discussion session. Bandung, 9 September 2013.

On September 9-10, 2013 RRPG held the 4th International workshop and network meeting in Bandung, Indonesia. The theme of the workshop is “Rural Transformation and Institutional Development“. It was hosted by Urban and Regional Planning Department SAPPK ITB, while the field visit was hosted by Islamic University Bandung (UNISBA). The event also was co-sponsored by Diponegoro University (UNDIP), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), and University Sains Malaysia (USM). The Workshop was done with intensive, warm, and valuable discussion, which presented 3 main papers and discussed other 18 presentations. It was attended at least by 40 participants from 10 research institutes and universities from Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, and Kenya. The presentation and discussion sessions were devided by three tracks i.e. rural economic development (5 presentations), rural development policy (5 presentations), and rural institution development (8 presentations).